Container



G. B. BEAMAN CONTAINER sept 12o, 1940.

Filed Nov. 29. 1937 sists in thel container and in the parts and com- Patentecl Sept. 10,A 1940 UNITEDA STATES PA'I'ENT OFFICE Gaylord' Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Maryland l Application November 29,

My invention relates to containers, particularly to containers made of paper, ber board or the like and having six or more sides. The invention has as its principal object a container 4of this type which is quite strong and which is adapted to contain a heavy shiftable lading. Other objects and advantages appear hereinafter.l

The invention consists principally in a paneled container having outturned flaps at the end of each panel and a cover therefor having downturned aps with inturned lend portions underlapping said outturned` panel flaps, said cover aps being notched to locate a securing band extending therearound'. The invention further conbinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and` claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a container embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a-partial .sectional view on`the line 2--2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line A3-3 in Fig. 1; y

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cover blank; and

Fig. 5 is a partial elevation of the body blank.

Y The container body I is made of papenber board or other suitable material, preferably of a laminated or multi-ply paper material. The body I is divided into panelsv 2-by means of creases or scores 3 extending longitudinally of the body. The body may be madefrom a at blank and the overlapping edges of the material secured together by staples 4 or otherwise.

Each panel 2 has at one end a Aprojecting nap 5, a score line 6 facilitating folding of each :dapY outwardly and downwardly into proximity `with the panel' 2 .to which it is attached. 'I'he cover member "I is of'polygonal shape to fit the top of the body member and each side is provided with a projecting ilap 8, score lines 9 being provided for facilitating downward bending of said aps. Said flaps 8 have continuations 8a that are marked o by means of wide scores or creases I l and constitute locking iiaps.

When the cover 'I is placed on thebody, its aps 8 are bent downwardly to engage the body panel aps and the locking aps 8a are rebent upwardly so as to lie between the body panels 2 f and the body Panel flaps 5. The cover aps 8 are provided with notches I I in their sides to constitute locatingrecesses for a securing wire or band I2 extending around the downturned cover flaps. This securing wire may be drawn up tight so as to hold the cover securely in position.

-dust proof manner to said body.

1937, semi No. 177,003

ZClaims. (01.229-45) The bottom member may be like the cover in construction, but the drawing illustrates a bot-'- tom I3,having upturned aps I4 inserted into the body and secured to the body panels turned lower naps a by staples I5.

The abovedescribed container is Well adapted for the packaging of all kinds of loose articles; particularly such small articles asjpowdered materials, cereals,.miscellaneous hardware and the' like. The interlocking flap construction makes l0 possible the rm mounting of the cap on the body 2- and inwithout the use of staples and the like. A simple Wire strip serves to hold the several flaps in interlocking engagement. Obviously, numerous I. changes may be made without departing from the. 15

invention and I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction shown.

What I claim is:

1. A multi-sided container comprised of a body vbent along crease lines to form a plurality of similar panel sides, a plurality of body flaps each of which corresponds to a panel side and is integrally formed therewith by cutouts extending inwardly of an edge of the body along said creasel lines,` each of said body flaps being bent out- Wardly to lie substantially parallel to its-panel side; a closure member positioned over an open end of said body and having a plurality of closure 'flaps integral therewith and corresponding in number to said body flaps, each closure flap being divided into an outer portion which is only of an extent to cover substantially its corresponding body ap, and a rebent portion which lies between said body ap and its side panel, peripherally aligned notches in the adjacent outermost edges of the outer portions of said closure flaps,said notches forming openings in said ilaps termi-A nating short of said body, and a band member tightly encircling said flaps and seated in said notches whereby` said closure member i'slocked v in a substantially immovable, reenforcing, and

2. A container having at least ive sides comy prised of a body bent along crease lines toform said flaps terminating short of said body, and a band member tightly encircling said flaps and seated in said notches whereby said closure memberis locked in a substantially immovable, reenforcing, and dust proof manner to said body.

GEORGE B. BEAMAN; 

